Bigger role for US Marines in Philippines
The 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment that arrived in the Philippines this spring for the annual Balikatan exercise was nearly unrecognizable from last year, leaders...
Underwater glider launched from the air
The US Navy has demonstrated the capability to deploy a Teledyne Slocum underwater glider from the air, using a Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter,...
Can NZ join AUKUS?
When Kurt Campbell, the Biden administration’s Indo-Pacific “Czar” visited the Kiwi capital in March, one of his main missions was to feel out New...
Ohio pops up near China for replenishment
The US Marine Corps (USMC) Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO) evolved to another level when two heavy-lift CH-53E helicopters replenished the USS Ohio ballistic...
Top-secret WWII work now revealed
In a suburban Brisbane garage, young women decoded radio transmissions that changed the course of World War II. For the first time, their top-secret...
US looking at magnet technology
The Pentagon’s advanced science division is taking a new look at a technology that promises to revolutionize how warships travel and fight in the...
U.S. Naval War College conference on history and strategy
The U.S. Naval War College (NWC) hosted the third installment in the “Corbett 100” project, a conference series co-sponsored by the Laughton Naval Unit...
No longer the silent service
By Robbin Laird
I have just returned from a five week visit to Australia and to Hawaii. During that visit, I had the chance to...
New US Navy force to train ME partners
The US Navy today announced the launch of Task Force CTF 154, a new effort dedicated to training regional navies in the Middle East...
Rethink on northern Australia needed
By David Malone and John Coyne*
While the AUKUS agreement and the defence strategic review have focused strong interest on the massive task of building,...